.TH PHP-FPM 8 "2024" "The PHP Group" "Scripting Language"
.SH NAME
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php-fpm \- PHP FastCGI Process Manager 'PHP-FPM'
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B php-fpm
[options]
.LP
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBPHP\fP is a widely\-used general\-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for
Web development and can be embedded into HTML. This is a variant of PHP that will run in the background as a daemon, listening for CGI requests. Output is logged to @php_fpm_localstatedir@/log/php-fpm.log.
.LP
Most options are set in the configuration file. The configuration file is @php_fpm_sysconfdir@/php-fpm.conf. By default, php-fpm will respond to CGI requests listening on localhost http port 9000. Therefore php-fpm expects your webserver to forward all requests for '.php' files to port 9000 and you should edit your webserver configuration file appropriately.
.SH OPTIONS
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.B \-C
Do not chdir to the script's directory
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.PD 0
.B \-\-php\-ini \fIpath\fP|\fIfile\fP
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.PD 1
.B \-c \fIpath\fP|\fIfile\fP
Look for
.B php.ini
file in the directory
.IR path
or use the specified
.IR file
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.PD 0
.B \-\-no\-php\-ini
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.PD 1
.B \-n
No
.B php.ini
file will be used
.TP
.PD 0
.B \-\-define \fIfoo\fP[=\fIbar\fP]
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.PD 1
.B \-d \fIfoo\fP[=\fIbar\fP]
Define INI entry
.IR foo
with value
.IR bar
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.B \-e
Generate extended information for debugger/profiler
.TP
.PD 0
.B \-\-help
.TP
.PD 1
.B \-h
This help
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.PD 0
.B \-\-info
.TP
.PD 1
.B \-i
PHP information and configuration
.TP
.PD 0
.B \-\-modules
.TP
.PD 1
.B \-m
Show compiled in modules
.TP
.PD 0
.B \-\-version
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.PD 1
.B \-v
Version number
.TP
.PD 0
.B \-\-prefix \fIpath\fP
.TP
.PD 1
.B \-p
Specify alternative prefix path (the default is @php_fpm_prefix@)
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.PD 0
.B \-\-pid \fIfile\fP
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.PD 1
.B \-g
Specify the PID file location.
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.PD 0
.B \-\-fpm\-config \fIfile\fP
.TP
.PD 1
.B \-y
Specify alternative path to FastCGI process manager configuration file (the default is @php_fpm_sysconfdir@/php-fpm.conf)
.TP
.PD 0
.B \-\-test
.TP
.PD 1
.B \-t
Test FPM configuration file and exit
If called twice (\-tt), the configuration is dumped before exiting.
.TP
.PD 0
.B \-\-daemonize
.TP
.PD 1
.B \-D
Force to run in background and ignore daemonize option from configuration file.
.TP
.PD 0
.B \-\-nodaemonize
.TP
.PD 1
.B \-F
Force to stay in foreground and ignore daemonize option from configuration file.
.TP
.PD 0
.B \-\-force-stderr
.TP
.PD 1
.B \-O
Force output to stderr in nodaemonize even if stderr is not a TTY.
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.PD 0
.B \-\-allow\-to\-run\-as\-root
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.PD 1
.B \-R
Allow pool to run as root (disabled by default)
.SH FILES
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.B php-fpm.conf
The configuration file for the php-fpm daemon.
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.B php.ini
The standard php configuration file.
.SH EXAMPLES
For any unix systems which use init.d for their main process manager, you should use the init script provided to start and stop the php-fpm daemon.
.P
.PD 1
.RS
sudo /etc/init.d/php-fpm start
.RE
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For any unix systems which use systemd for their main process manager, you should use the unit file provided to start and stop the php-fpm daemon.
.P
.PD 1
.RS
sudo systemctl start php-fpm.service
.RE
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If your installation has no appropriate init script, launch php-fpm with no arguments. It will launch as a daemon (background process) by default. The file @php_fpm_localstatedir@/run/php-fpm.pid determines whether php-fpm is already up and running. Once started, php-fpm then responds to several POSIX signals:
.P
.PD 0
.RS
.B SIGINT,SIGTERM 	\fPimmediate termination
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.B SIGQUIT 			\fPgraceful stop
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.B SIGUSR1 			\fPre-open log file
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.B SIGUSR2 			\fPgraceful reload of all workers + reload of fpm conf/binary
.RE
.PD 1
.P
.SH TIPS
The PHP-FPM CGI daemon will work well with most popular webservers, including Apache2, lighttpd and nginx.
.PD 1
.P
.SH SEE ALSO
For a more or less complete description of PHP-FPM look here:
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.P
.B https://www.php.net/fpm
.PD 1
.SH BUGS
You can view the list of known bugs or report any new bug you
found at:
.PD 0
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.B https://github.com/php/php-src/issues
.PD 1
.SH AUTHORS
PHP-FPM SAPI was written by Andrei Nigmatulin. The mailing-lists are highload-php-en (English) and highload-php-ru (Russian).
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The PHP Group: Thies C. Arntzen, Stig Bakken, Andi Gutmans, Rasmus Lerdorf, Sam Ruby, Sascha Schumann, Zeev Suraski, Jim Winstead, Andrei Zmievski.
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A List of active developers can be found here:
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.P
.B https://www.php.net/credits.php
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.P
And last but not least PHP was developed with the help of a huge amount of
contributors all around the world.
.SH VERSION INFORMATION
This manpage describes \fBphp-fpm\fP, version @PHP_VERSION@.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co The PHP Group
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Copyright (c) 2007-2009, Andrei Nigmatulin
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.LP
This source file is subject to version 3.01 of the PHP license,
that is bundled with this package in the file LICENSE, and is
available through the world-wide-web at the following url:
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.B https://www.php.net/license/3_01.txt
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If you did not receive a copy of the PHP license and are unable to
obtain it through the world-wide-web, please send a note to
.B license@php.net
so we can mail you a copy immediately.
